The Button Box: Lifting the Lid on Women's Lives

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The Button Box: Lifting the Lid on Women's Lives Knight, Lynn Summary An inlaid wooden chest the size of a shoe box holds Lynn Knight's button collection. An inlaid wooden chest th e size of a shoe box holds Lynn Knight's button collection. A collection that has been passed down through three generations of women: a chunky sixties-era toggle from a favourite coat, three tiny pearl buttons from her mother's first dress after she was adopted as a baby, a jet button from a time of Victorian mourning. Each button tells a story. 'The Button Box' traces the story of women at home and in work from pre-First World War domesticity, through the first clerical girls in silk blouses, to the delights of beading and glamour in the thirties to short skirts and sexual liberation in the sixties. Perfect for fans of History, Arts & Photography, Fashion, History of Women & Art, Fashion History, Fashion Design. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 320 pages · Hardcover By Knight, Lynn Details ISBN: 9780701188917 Author: Knight, Lynn Format: Hardcover Pages: 320 Language: English Publication date: 18 February 2016 Condition: Used – Like New About the authors Knight, Lynn and Lynn Knight More about this book Show more